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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Life and Arts

Mango Coast band performs on March 22, 2024 at the Kappa Alpha fraternity house.

Mango Coast: pop, indie rock band dominates fraternity scene

Chloe Ching, General Life&Arts Reporter April 25, 2024

A guitar string sings, queuing the first song of the up-and-coming band’s set. The crowd begins to stir and sway as Mango Coast plays the beat to “Heaven” by Los Lonely Boys.  Mango Coast, an...

EmilyAnne Skinner sits for a portrait in front of the Texas Union building on Tuesday. Ms. Skinner is the owner of the Burnt Orange Buys, an instagram account that post burnt orange merchandise and inspiration.

UT staff member runs burnt orange fashion inspiration account

Flora Farr, Senior Life&Arts Reporter April 25, 2024

A self-described walking advertisement for UT, EmilyAnne Skinner inspired faculty members to ask her where she got her burnt orange clothing for a decade. In June, after thinking about it for a while,...

Salette Rios (left), Philip Baek (middle), Mario Hernandez (right) who make up part of the team behind the BoBo app pose for a portrait at the GDC on Tuesday. The BoBo App developed by students at UT helps roommates manage their relations.

Students create app to make shared living simpler

Paisley Garza, General Life&Arts Reporter April 25, 2024

Navigating the maze of shared living spaces can mean tiptoeing around awkward conversations about piles of dirty dishes and who will take out the trash. As a solution, a group of college students created...

Texas Lady Lifters hosts second Booty Camp, aims to empower women

Texas Lady Lifters hosts second Booty Camp, aims to empower women

Trinity Orosco, General Life&Arts Reporter April 25, 2024

Sweat slowly rolls down foreheads and muscles ache as women gather in a gym for Texas Lady Lifters' Booty Camp. Texas Lady Lifters, a women's weightlifting organization, hosted its first Booty Camp...

Summer in Austin beyond the Forty Acres

Summer in Austin beyond the Forty Acres

Sabrina Ye, General Life&Arts Reporter April 25, 2024

With freshmen packing up their dorm rooms and seniors popping champagne bottles at the fountain, anticipation for summer heats up as the year's final stretch looms right around the corner. From outdoor...

Acts to see at Austin Psych Fest

Acts to see at Austin Psych Fest

Rylie Lillibridge, General Life&Arts Reporter April 25, 2024

Spanning three days and two stages at The Far Out Lounge and Stage, Austin Psych Fest returns for another spring celebration of the best in psychedelic and alternative rock. The Daily Texan compiled a...

Mapping Indigenous Texas project awarded 2023-2024 Research and Creative Grant

Mapping Indigenous Texas project awarded 2023-2024 Research and Creative Grant

Atahan Koksoy, General Life&Arts Reporter April 25, 2024

Mapping Indigenous Texas, a long-running project led by Professors Circe Sturm and Craig Campbell, seeks to shed light on the deep legacy of Indigenous communities in Austin.    The project,...

‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ sees Guy Ritchie bring explosive WWII action to big screen

‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ sees Guy Ritchie bring explosive WWII action to big screen

Atahan Koksoy, General Life&Arts Reporter April 24, 2024

Set in 1942 and adapting a book by author Damien Lewis, “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” tells the true but unbelievable story of Operation Postmaster, a Special Operations Executive (SOE) and...

From left, Gray Segrest and Tyler Hawkins act out a scene from Longhorn Tales inside a dorm room of Jester East on March 2, 2024.

New TSTV show, ‘Longhorn Tales,’ shines light on student stories

Helen Li, General Life&Arts Reporter April 24, 2024

Comedy. Drama. Suspense. Why is there corn in the bathtub? Who is leaving audacious drawings on the whiteboard? From the sly jokes and the perfectly satirical delivery to the ironic shots of the UT campus...

Textile and apparel senior Ginger Hudson stands for a portrait on April 17, 2024 at Mary E. Gearing Hall. Before her is an outfit she designed and presented at the 2024 Austin Fashion Week for her capstone project.

Fashion Capstone Projects showcases senior undergraduate designs

Sarah Cooley, General Life&Arts Reporter April 23, 2024

On the runway, models display collections inspired by hand-woven techniques in Morocco, colors seen in Austin, highways that run through Texas and different structures and shapes in geometry.  The...

Q&A: UT alum speaks on personal experience, film ‘Petting Zoo’

Q&A: UT alum speaks on personal experience, film ‘Petting Zoo’

Flora Farr, Senior Life&Arts Reporter April 23, 2024

Micah Magee spent 20 years in Europe creating films after graduating from UT in 2001. After recently returning to the states as a professor at Temple University, Magee screened her 2015 film “Petting...

What Willie Nelson song you are based on your summer plans

What Willie Nelson song you are based on your summer plans

Laura Baker, General Life&Arts Reporter April 22, 2024

Willie Nelson, country singer-songwriter and Austin cultural icon, boasts a collection of soulful songs, well-suited for any scenario. In honor of Nelson’s upcoming summer debut, The Border, The Daily...

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